Microsoft Bing Search Let’s Chat Feature
Microsoft Bing seems to be testing a new chat feature in its search results. Sunny Ujjawal posted a screen shot of this on Twitter, that I cannot replicate. Bing pops open a chat box on the right side of the search results that says “Hello! What would…
Google: You May Get Some Ranking Benefit If Someone Steals Your Original Images
Gary Illyes of Google was asked if someone steals your original image, makes no changes to it, and they embed it on their own site, can the original image holder benefit from that. Gary’s short answer was no, but he said it is possible you do get some …
Google Adds New Guidelines To Math Solver Markup Help Documentation
Google has added technical, content, and quality guidelines to the Math solver guidelines help documentation. The company also removed solution page markup instructions.
Google Merchant Center Will Enforce Accurate Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPN)
Google announced that it will begin enforcing that Google Merchant Center merchants use Manufacturer Part Number (MPN) and accurate ones. Google said starting in August of 2021, item-level warnings for “Incorrect product identifier [mpn]” will be issu…
Vlog #131: Udit Mhatre On AI & Dark Patterns SEO
In part one of my interview with Udit Mhatre, the Senior SEO Manager at DuMont Project…
Industry Mourns The Loss Of Erik Stafford – A Brilliant Mind & Personality
It is beyond words to have to write about the loss of Erik Stafford, who passed away suddenly this past week. Erik was only 48 years old, and leaves behind a wife and children. To many, he was not just a brilliant marketer and creative director but a…
How Google Ranks News, Videos, Images, Featured Snippets & Other Features
Google’s Gary Illyes described in the latest podcast how Google ranks features or universal results in the overall Google search results user interface. In short, each feature (i.e. news, videos, images, featured snippets, etc) bids for a desired posit…
Google On Web Workers / WebAssembly & Google Search
Another super interesting and totally geeky aspect to the latest Search Off The Record podcast was Martin Splitt of Google giving a master class on Web Workers and WebAssembly. Specifically how they work and how Google Search thinks about them.
Yes, Google Crawls Non-HTTPS URLs
We know Google said that Google can index and rank non-HTTPS URLs and content. And yes, that means Google can also crawl non HTTPS URLs. Google’s John Mueller actually confirmed on Twitter that yes, Google does crawl non HTTPS URLs.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google Link Spam Update, How Google Ranks Features & Alphabet / Microsoft Revenues
I am sorry for the random static issues, I kept touching the wireless mic by accident. On Monday, Google pushed out a new algorithm update the company called the link spam update…
Quiet Week After The Google Link Spam Update; Maybe It’s Being Felt Now
On Monday, Google announced a new algorithm update named the link spam update. I’ve been following the SEO chatter both in the public white hat and black hat forums, and the chatter is super limited. Very few SEOs are saying they saw ranking declines …
Google Fact Check Guidelines Now Disallows Multiple ClaimReview Per Page
Google has changed the guidelines around the fact check ClaimReview structured data guidelines to no longer allow multiple ClaimReview markups per page. You are now only allowed one ClaimReview element per page going forward.
On The Edge Of Google’s Quality Threshold – Pages Disappear & Return After Submission
Gary Illyes from Google posted an awesome question and answer on Twitter talking about pages that are on the edge of the Google quality threshold. He said that if your pages disappear from Google Search and then reappear when you manually submit them …
Google Says It Does Not Ignore All Edu Links
John Mueller from Google said it is wrong to say that “Edu domains tend to have a ton of outbound links, and as such, Google ignores a big chunk of them.” He said “People who focus on .edu links usually have bigger problems to worry about, but I’ve ce…
Google: You Do Not Need To Switch Rel Nofollow To Rel Sponsored
When Google announced the new link spam update, a ton of confusion arose with that announcement. The confusion was mostly around do you need to change your nofollow links to rel=sponsored for affiliate or similar links. The answer is no, nofollow is …
Google: Generally The Localized Version Of Your Site Gets Its Own Signals
Google was asked if you have an English version of your site for years and years and then expand the site to France. So you create an FR subdomain or subfolder for the French users. Does the English version signals pass through to the French version o…
Apple Places: Manage Your Business Listings In Apple Maps
Apple seems to have relaunched what as known as Apple Maps Connect to Apple Places. Apple Maps Connect launched in 2014 but as of this past Friday, I am told, Apple rebranded it to Apple Places and Apple Business Register.
Google Local Business Listing In Search Displays Areas Served
Google seems to be testing a new attribute or label for displaying local business listings. The new label is named “areas served” and shows you what regional areas that business serves.
Google Hotel Listings Add Sustainability & Eco Certifications Attributes
Google added sustainability and eco certifications to the top of the hotel listing attributes options. Nevena Ivanova spotted this and shared the screenshot below on Twitter. Nevena wrote “Sustainability and Eco certifications were added to the top o…
Alphabet Google vs Microsoft Bing Ad Revenues – Earnings Reports
Both Alphabet, Google’s parent company and Microsoft, Bing’s parent company, released earnings last night. Both companies reported significant increases in ad revenue from search and other areas from last year to this year.